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VisionSpring Cofounder Jordan Kassalow On Why Two Million Customers Is Not Enough
Jordan Kassalow is cofounder and chairman of VisionSpring, and has more than 20 years of experience providing eye care to the world’s poor.
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- Health Care
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The Biggest Social Impact Bond In The U.S. Will Keep At-Risk Young Men In Jobs And Out Of Prison
A new type of philanthropic investment is coming into vogue. Its biggest test just launched in Massachusetts.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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South Africa’s Treasury Investigating Financing Social Bonds
The treasury is looking into the feasibility of using an experimental financing mechanism, social impact bonds, to help boost small businesses and job creation
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- Impact Assessment
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Banking for All – Drive to ensure world’s poor have access to accounts
For banks, there is the chance to harvest the deposits of millions of new customers and establish a presence in small but fast-growing markets.
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- Uncategorized
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Kenyan Banks Battle to Go Fully Digital in Race for Cheap Deposits
A customer can deposit cheques, open an account, place standing orders, transfer funds, make balance enquiries and pay for utilities without actually going to the banking hall.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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An African messaging app could beat out WhatsApp, Line and WeChat in India
This is what 21st century globalization looks like: Mxit, an African company has just announced its intention to enter the Indian market, taking on established players from the US and newer contenders from China and Japan. Mxit makes a popular mobile messaging app and claims 7.4 million monthly active users, with just under a million of those outside South Africa.
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- Technology
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Govt creating India Inclusive Innovation Fund with initial corpus of $80M
Registered as venture capital entity, it is targeting to take the total investible funds to around $800 million in two years.
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- Health Care
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Ministry Seeks to Quash Measles, Rubella Vaccination Rumors
The Ministry of Health has moved to calm public fears over the safety of the measles and rubella (MR) vaccine, which was administered to 4.5 million Cambodian children in the last three months of 2013, as rumors circulate that it poses sinister health risks, according to a statement issued last week.
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- Education, Health Care
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- vaccines